Texans Receive Devastating Update on Injured Quarterback

Texans Receive Devastating Update on Injured Quarterback

The Houston Texans opened up their preseason action with a 27-7 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday night, showing that this team still has some work to do before Week 1 arrives. While there were positive and negative takeaways from this game, all eyes were on quarterback Graham Mertz once the clock struck zero.The No. 3 quarterback on the Texans’ depth chart, Mertz was expected to get most of the snaps for his team in this game, but in…

Texans Signing QB Brett Rypien

NFL Transactions Texans Per Aaron Wilson, the Texans are signing QB Brett Rypien after losing QB Graham Mertz for the season due to a torn ACL. Rypien, 30, wound up going undrafted out of Boise State in 2019 before signing a three-year, $1.755 million contract with the Broncos. Denver waived Rypien coming out of the preseason before re-signing him to their practice squad soon after. The Broncos promoted Rypien to their active roster but waived h…

Nightmare Footage Surfaces Of Houston Texans QB In Complete Disbelief After Suffering Non-Contact Injury — Team Fears His ACL Is Torn

Graham Mertz (Photos via Twitter) The worst thing that could have happened to Graham Mertz went down on Thursday night. The Houston Texans quarterback suffered a severe knee injury during Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Los Angeles Chargers. Mertz scrambled for 9 yards near the sideline on the final play of the first half and immediately grabbed his knee. He limped off the field and headed straight to the locker room before halftim…

Texans Fear ACL Tear For QB Graham Mertz

Quarterback Graham Mertz exited last night’s preseason game with a knee injury. His 2026 season may already be over as a result. When speaking after the game, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said (via KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson) Mertz may have torn his ACL. Further testing has been scheduled to determine the extent of the injury. As the wait for further details goes on, Wilson reports the team fears the worst-case scenario of an ACL tear has indeed occ…